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From: stan@Dixie.Com (Stan Brown)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: oil well fires and shuttle tiles
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Date: 30 Mar 91 15:51:51 GMT
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echeverr@sal-sun8.usc.edu (The Black Sheep) writes:

>Why isn't Halon being used to put the fires out?

>	Should be very effective... am i right?

	Wrong.  Halon works by smothering a fire. It is heavier than air.
	Since thes fires are feed by high pressure sources, they would simply
	push the Halon out of the way.

	BTW waht hs this got to do with space?


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